Seeds of black
millet, first reproduction, bag packing 25-50 kg.
Black millet (lat. Panicum) is a culture that appeared quite recently on the Ukrainian grain market, and immediately began to conquer foreign markets. Black millet is usually used in grain mixes for feeding songbirds.
Millet belongs to cultures of ancient times. It is almost the same age as the oldest wheat crop.
Millet has great fodder value. Grain, flour and products of its technological processing are good fodder for animals. Millet straw is widely used in animal husbandry, it contains a large amount of protein, fat and vitamin A.
Grains
millet are dried, and clean grains (millet) are eaten.
In terms of protein content (11.5%), millet surpasses rice and
barley, in terms of fat content (2.5%) it is inferior only to oat groats. Millet proteins contain essential amino acids: tretin, valine, leucine, lysine, histidine, as well as fatty acids, trace elements, enzymes.
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It contains more B vitamins than the grains of other cereals, twice as much folic acid as wheat and corn, and 1.5 times more phosphorus than meat. Millet contains zinc, iodine, potassium, magnesium and bromine.
Flour is obtained from millet, which is used in its pure form or, most often, as an admixture with other types of flour to improve the quality of dough, especially in confectionery production.
Millet is also used in distillery, starch and brewing industries.
In its fodder value, it is close to the hay of annual grasses and is inferior to meadow hay. 100 kg of millet straw contains 41 fodder units, meadow straw – 42, oat straw – 31, and wheat and rye straw – half as much.
The beneficial properties of millet also lie in the fact that it is widely used in folk medicine. Millet is useful for liver diseases, has a diuretic and diaphoretic effect, strengthens bones, promotes wound healing, makes the skin more elastic, and also normalizes blood pressure and has a toning effect.
Those who are treated with antibiotics are recommended to eat millet porridge every day, and the residual amount of antibiotics is removed from the body and the body is cleansed of radionuclides.